Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering  
Senior Investigator Environmental Research Center for Emerging
Contaminants
Coordinator Environmental Engineering Program

Location
222 Butler-Carlton Hall
1401 North Pine Street
Rolla, MO 65409

Phone: 573-341-4431
Fax: 573-341-4729
Email: mfitch@mst.edu
Website: http://erc.mst.edu/Community/fitch.html

Curriculum Vitae

Education
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1996
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1989

Courses
Introduction to Environmental Engineering, Biological Fundamentals in Environmental Engineering, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Analyses, Teaching Engineering, Biological Principles in Environmental Engineering, Biological Systems in Environmental Engineering.

Industry/Consulting Experience
Consultant, Barr Engineering/Doe Run, Minneapolis, MN
    Design of constructed wetland to reduce toxicity of metal smelter wastewater.
May 2000, Consultant, Winthrop & Weinstine P.A., Minneapolis, MN
    Analysis of radionuclide source and magnitude at a site.
May 1998-June 1998, Senior Environmental Engineer T.I.,  Burns & McDonnell, St. Louis, MO,
    Design and review of industrial wastewater treatment facilities,
    municipal wastewater facilities,  and lift sections.
May 1989-July 1989,  Consultant, Baxter Healthcare, Chicago,IL,      
    Characterization of CO₂ permeation through novel polyolefin films.

Research Areas/ Interests

• Constructed wetlands for metals removal
  
• Biofiltration - biological air pollution control
  
• Fate of genes inserted in plants
  
• Nutrient uptake in streams

Honors and Awards

• Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Distinguished Service Award, 2007
• Order of Omega Advisor of the Year 2005
• Jefferson Smurfit Faculty Exchange (University College Dublin,  Ireland) 2002
• Oakridge Associated Universities Junior Faculty Enhancement Award 1997
  

Professional Activities

• American Society for Microbiology
• American Society for Engineering Education
• Association of Environmental Engineering and Science  Professors
• Water Environment Federation
• American Chemical Society

Student Organizations Advised

• Tau BetatPi
• Tau Kappa Epsilon
• Water Environmental Federation

Selected Publications
Paca, J.,  Halecky´, M., and M. Fitch, Steady-State Performance of an Activated Carbon Biofilter Degrading Styrene: Effects of Residence Time and Inlet Concentration Resubmitted to, J. Air Waste Management Association, 15 August 2007.

Fitch, M., Liu, Y., Regmi, S., Morrison, G., and R. Surampalli, (2007) Hog Farm Odor Control: Effectiveness of Three Low-Cost Technologies for Barns. Air Waste Management Assoc., 57, 761-768.

Padmasiri, S.I., Zhang, J., Fitch., M., Norddahl, B., Morgenroth, E., and  L. Raskin, (2007) Methanogenic population dynamics in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) treating swine manure, Water Research, 41 (1), 134-144.

Klapkova´, E., Halecky´, M., Fitch, M., Riccardo Soccol, C., and J. Pacca, (2006) Impact of Biocatalyst and Moisture Content on Toluene/Xylene Mixture Biofiltration, Brazilian Archives of Biology anf Technology, 49(2), 347-352

Zhang, J., Padmasiri, S.I., Fitch., M., Norddahl, B., Raskin, L., and Morgenroth, E., Influence of Cleaning
Frequency and Membrane History on Fouling in an Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor, Desalination , in press.

Gilbertson, A.W., Fitch, M. W., Burken, J.G., and T.K. Wood, (2007) Transport and Survival of GEP-tagged root-colonizing microbes: potential for enhances rhizodegradation, accepted to European Journal of Soil Biology 43,  224-234.

Fitch, M.W., (2005) Membrane Bioreactor Technology, Chapter 9 in Biotechnology for Odor and Air Pollution Control, Shareef/Singh (Eds.) ISBN 3-540-23312-1, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 195-211.

Fitch, M.W., Neemann, J., and England, E., (2003) Mass Transfer and Benzene Removal for Air Using a Latex Rubber and Hollow Fiber Membrane Module, Appl. Biochem.Biotechnol. 104: 199-214.

Song, Y., Fitch M., Burken, J., Nass, L., Chilukuri, S., Gale, S., and Ross, C., (2001) Lead and Zinc Removal by Lab-Scale Constructed Wetlands, Water Environ. Res., 73: (10, 37-44.

Ergas, S.J., Shumway, L., Fitch, M.W.and Neemann, J., (1999) Membrane Process for Biological Treatment of Contaminated Gas Streams, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 63 (4), 431-441.

 

 

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